The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-15
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WHEELING, W. VA, MARCH, 10. 1887.
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In politics al III everything elss OF hn.
man interest in this world, II is well to
have an occanlonal cumming up Of the
situation. rg NJ
The INrrLLl0ENcgg takeG occasion, Ii,
tho lull Of the Senatorial fight. 10 present
to ito readers some points Of its work in
this direction. 1t does this. not in Heli.
yinjicstion, or in reply to the captious
criticisms Of nome Of Its Republican on
tempora1ies. 1t simply wishes to make q
record as u matter Of history, that its in
telligen. rea lers may continue to remem.
bar that It's course on the Senatorial ques'
.tion has been dictated, not by passion OF
prejudice, but by sound political sagacity
looking tor permanent policy for the fu.
ture Of tho Republican party.
Before The sitting Of the Legislature, the
portion OF ito members was in a very in.
choate condition. Anti. Camden Demo
Gratis had given up the contest, under the
percussion that Mr.. Camden would re-
ceiyo enough Republican votes in any
event to eloct him. Until the appearance
Of the leader in the ISrILLraEScsn headed
"Tae Duty 81 The Hour" Mr.. ..Camden't
iri,nds were jubilant, and considered his
elo Aion alsured. That article was ike 8
bonb Of dynamite thrown into their
camp. They stood In utter dismay, and
and yoslized TO. The fiat time thst.tbey
hid a fsycs A,ht on their hands. srhs
Duty Of the Hour" gave new life snd cour.
~, 10 tho anti Camden Democrats, II
op,ued the ewes Of Republicans, and
shoysa tbsm clearly yha. their dnty was
-. dntv which. we are psoua 10 know.
thew discha,gea in the end, leaving Mr.,
Camden high and dry Oh tho beach for
political wrccke,s to pick ND,
Wa felt It our duty to give the anti.
Camlen Democrats Al The eucourayement
that wa could. for two reasons, First. il
thew wore sincere, they were entitled to
all that could be gained GU. Of the contest.
Second. If ,hey were ~insincpra, their ss).
ashuess would moet its W reward by
.boR;pg ,),sm 10 ali tbs world AZ y set nj
political moun,sbsnks, IN worthy of the
re,p,cs Of decent men in thg;r own Marty
and a, shsmeleys t,aitors to their trns;a'
Up to the adjournment Of the Legislature,
VA admiral their nluck. their natrio.;sm
and their unselGsh devotion to their
movement. So far did the 1srg11,orscKn
70. that from few uarrow.minie1 Rs.
publicsuz, it recs;ysa nothing but kicks
and blows. eysu going 40 far ~ 10 charge
that tho peyspspar had been ~"corrupted.n
q cba,,a wb;cb ba. m. 5;-tnyhsa onr
~eouilibrium.
fEspeclalIy wero We made the object of
tho yenom Of narrow.mindoa. unscrnnu.
lous Republican, when wa lsia bsfo,e
our readers the we'll connected scheme for
Mr.. Csmden,s election. II il now ,ean
nv every unnreirdicod mind that Init for
the exposure OF tho scheme. Mr.. Camden
wou,j bovo. beon e,ac,ed ~, that fatal
Saturday. 5.l
II there had ever been n reasonable
doub, THAI ,he d;spstch "Go;up to pop
was we'll founded, that doub. wonld hav,
been d;spelled by tho carefully n]yenaya5
interview with Secretary scol.ld. Of Tho
Republican State Committea. who baa
been frank cnourh to saw that ho was NJ
those wb, raw TIM. ]et,,nae l;obt and
stropy,v] conn,,les that macmillan cour.e
D~;ssan,;,o oni;yalv from tha Wow ~
sacra.a,v scoso,d and tto,, u,, .b,,,ht
with him, wo aya boynd !, aay thot ~
sco6ell hss bean mncb roo,a honost thon
anna o,,hers WIN m;obt bo nomsd T,o
freelv adr.;ts that hn chan,,d front and
saaka tn ;pa.;fv b;n,se)f Rut tbsra orc
some others-witb ,raat a;nIcu,tv "a.
atra;us3 from mah;nsa bre,,, n C,,,aon
who with mnrvo}o,s efrr,risry hara
takap a hard il c,;t;c;s;r. .,o I,nr
eHN.A" Ava htN'ns Ine he"h ahu uoltlHe tle